Category Archives: Business News
Rex Healthcare settles with feds over Covid-19 vaccine policies
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Rex Healthcare is settling with a federal agency over COVID-19 vaccine policies. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Rex on behalf of an employee fired ...
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Oil prices leap on worries about war in the Middle East, while US stocks trim their sharp losses
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, a...
6h ago Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 02, 2026 in New York City. Markets were down sharply across the world following the weekend U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, with oil prices rising and the Dow falling over 500 points after the opening bell. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Gulf carriers resume some flights even as US-Israel strikes and Iran retaliation fuel travel chaos
By KELVIN CHAN and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Several international airlines resumed limited flights from the United Arab Emirates on Monday, offering some relief for travelers caught...
7h ago An overseas Filipino worker sleeps as she waits for updates on her cancelled flight to the Middle East at Manila's International Airport, Philippines on Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
US futures and Asian shares open lower, oil prices soar as US and Israeli attack Iran
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran rattled world markets, with U.S. futures initially falling more than 1% and oil prices soaring, though both ...
21h ago Snow falls outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Middle East airports closed and thousands of travelers stranded after attack on Iran
By CARA RUBINSKY, MARC LEVY and JOSH FUNK Associated Press LONDON (AP) - The attack on Iran by the United States and Israel disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond as countries around the ...
Mar 01, 2026 Passengers whose flights were cancelled, wait at the departure terminal of Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, as many airlines canceled flights due to the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Trump orders US agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in clash over AI safety
By MATT O'BRIEN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and ...
Feb 27, 2026 FILE - Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
US stocks sink and oil prices rise as worries about AI, inflation and possible war hit Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks sank Friday as Wall Street kept punishing companies that could become losers in the artificial-intelligence revolution. A surprisingly disco...
Feb 27, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 27, 2026 in New York City. All three major indexes tumbled at opening with the Dow Jones leading the way losing over 700 points after the release of inflation numbers. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
One Tech Tip: Unspoken group chat rules you're probably ignoring, but shouldn't
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Communicating on group chats has quickly become a way of life, but what are the rules? We used to use email, the phone or talk in person. Now we use platforms like iM...
Feb 27, 2026 FILE - A man talks on his iPhone in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)
NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as 'watered-down' after 67 deaths near Washington
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it's misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would ...
Feb 26, 2026 National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy testifies at the U.S. Capitol on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing highlighting the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations for aircrafts to have a system broadcasting their location and a system receiving data about other aircrafts' locations. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Wake Tech health campus reaches key milestone
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A major milestone has been reached for a major health care education facility in the Triangle. The final beam has been secured Thursday (Feb. 26) for Wake Tech's Perry Family Si...
Feb 26, 2026 An artist rendering of the Wake Tech Perry Health Sciences Campus, under construction near WakeMed's flagship hospital. (Courtesy Wake Technical Community College)